SHAWNEE, KS-Special Occasion Dresses will open an 11,000-sf store this month in the shopping center at 75th Street and Quivira Road. Rick Hurst, with Block & Co. Inc., brokered the deal.

KANSAS CITY-Expansions will be made at the Hospital Hill and Overland Park, KS.

ST. JOSEPH, MO-Mead Corporation has a net lease for the next 15 years for the 330,000-sf building sold by Butler Real Estate Inc. It was a build-to-suit for Mead.

OLATHE, KS-Deb Shops is opening in the state's largest outlet mall while Old Navy becomes an outlet store. Deb Shops is taking 6,900 sf of space in the mall owned by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership.

SPRINGFIELD, MO-The Southwest Missouri association is unanimous choice about 10 years after an initial effort to join the federation failed. The association will cover more than 10 counties.

SPRINGFIELD, MO-The Southwest Missouri association is unanimous choice about 10 years after an initial effort to join the federation failed. The association will cover more than 10 counties.

ST. LOUIS-A 38,900-sf building is sold in St. Louis, and 8.9 acres changes hands in suburban St. Charles. Scott Saunders and Jim Mosby of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker represented the sellers of the building.

LENEXA, KS-Neighbors voice concerns about declining property values, noise and traffic, but officials approve a preliminary plan for a 151,000-sf store to be built at 93rd Street and Marshall Drive.